Project114 goes to Africa
Dear friends,
Many of you have been asking when we plan to take the ministry to Africa. After significant planning, we are pleased to announce Project114 is now launching a healing project in Sudan.
The apostle Matthew is believed to have brought the gospel into Nubia (present day northern Sudan), sometime in the 1st century AD. So, Christians have been striving to hold up the light of Jesus in this nation for a long time.
Today, Sudan is 97% Muslim. Sudan has seen many wars but the most recent Civil War, which began in April 2023, has killed over 150,000 people (5,500 a month). As of July 2025, the ongoing war has also displaced approximately 12 million people, creating the world’s largest displacement crisis. This figure includes about 7.7 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) within Sudan and roughly 4.1 million who have fled to neighboring countries.
In terms of Christian persecution, Sudan ranks No. 5 on the World Watch list, with the mortality rate for Christians being higher than Eritrea or Nigeria.
Some of the challenges facing Christians are:
a concerning rise in the abduction and killing of pastors and Christian leaders by radical Islamic groups.
converts from Islam face violence, imprisonment, forced marriage, rejection, sexual violence, disinheritance, and losing custody of their children. Many are forced to flee their homes or feel that staying is unsustainable.
Christians are also experiencing exceptional hardship in the hunger crisis because local communities discriminate against them and often chase them away from food trucks and other forms of aid.
But there is hope, and we are privileged to be planting Kingdom seeds there. Meet James, Project114’s courageous new team leader in Sudan.
James will be working with us to develop and implement our Planted for Purpose healing resources across churches, refugee camps and with many people caught in the grip of violence and hunger.
Please pray with us for James and his team, and for all of Sudan during this ongoing crisis.
Join us in Prayer
Pray for protection for James and his wife and children as they take on this role
Pray for further funding as James will only be part supported by Project114
Pray that God would be a shield and refuge for every man, woman, and child fleeing violence (Psalm 91:2).
Ask the Lord to guard the people of Sudan from exploitation, and hunger and for safe passage for those fleeing evil. Intercede that the Lord would open doors for food, clean water, shelter, and medical care in refugee camps and host communities (Matthew 6:11).
Pray that the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, would bring peace to hearts broken by loss, displacement, and grief (John 14:27).
Ask God to heal memories of violence and restore hope where despair has taken root.
Lift up children who have been separated from parents, and families torn apart by the conflict.
Pray for miraculous reunions and for God to place the lonely in safe, caring communities (Psalm 68:6).
Ask the Lord to protect their innocence, guard their minds from fear, and open pathways for education and joy even in displacement.
Pray that young hearts will see the goodness of God despite their suffering (Lamentations 3:22–23).
Pray that surrounding nations and international communities will act with compassion and open safe passageways for refugees.
Ask that God would soften the hearts of leaders to show hospitality to strangers (Hebrews 13:2).
A Lament for Sudan
The earth does not get fat, though it drinks its fill of blood.
Our mothers have no more tears to weep, the riverbeds of their faces have long turned to clay.
A wind is ruffling the tawny pelt of Africa.
Not the sweet wind of harvest, but the stench of burning fields, the ash of our history.
We ask, is there nothing left? Nothing but tales of dust and despair?
The earth does not get fat, though it drinks its fill of blood.
This powerful lament, filled with imagery of sorrow and desolation, is a cry from a world overwhelmed by suffering and hopelessness. It echoes the pain found in many biblical laments, such as Psalm 13. Though real, raw and honest, the Biblical account always ends in the hope of God’s love and restoration.
How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?
But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.
I will sing the Lord’s praise, for he has been good to me.
Psalm 13.
Thank you for your prayer and support as together we plant seeds of God’s glorious new Kingdom in the soil of Sudan.
Blessings, Simon and Allison